Electric cord lift



April 23; 1940. RACEN 2,197,877

ELECTRIC CORD LIFT Original Filed July 16, 1958 F| G.:L

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9 /0' @gmm nn Y Y FIG'4' INIVENTOR FE DINAND RAC EN BY mq AT ORNEYPatented Apr. 23,1940

, 2.1.97.8'7'i v limo-Taro com) mom- Ferdinand ltacen, University enmel. assignor'l to W. G. Shelton Company, St. Louis,- Mo.; a

corporation of Missouri Original application July 16', 1938,

"Serial No.

' 219,538. Divided this application Novem-'=' ber 3}1939. serial No.302510 Y 9 Claims. (o1; 132536) The invention relates to cord liftsorclamps,

and more particularly to the type'o'f lift adapted to supporta,pprtion'of 'an-electric conduit cor'd and alightweight-apparatuscarried thereby at 5', any desired level and topermit quick'and ready manual adjustment of the level without manipu-.

close to the scalp, leaving other parts uncurled near the scalp;

Withall such the'required heaterssupported adjacent to the customersscalp and to have the remaining heate ers supported at levels where theywill not interused.

The heaters'should be'readily' moved from one position to another andeasily retained at any desired point, andthe main object of the presentinvention is to provide an electric cord lift which will readilyaccommodate movement of the cord therethrough but will retain the cordand heater suspended thereby at a desired level without specialattention from the operator.

Another object is having an. electric cord lift readily accessible tothe operator- Another object is to have an electric cord lift from whichthe cord can be easily removed.

These and otherdetaill objects as will appear heerafter arev attained inthe structure illustrated 40 in the accompanying drawings in which-Figure 1 is a side view of theupperportion of a heater machine.

lifts.

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken of Figure 1. I I I Figure 4 is anexploded view of the lift illustrating its various parts. v

-The machine is supported upon the usual stand mounts a bracket 2carrying the dome 3. An in-, sulateddisc 4 in the dome mounts: outletsockets (not shown) for the heaters 5. Each heater unit comprisesapairof heaters attached to the end operations, it is desirable to have ferewith the manipulation of the heaters being ti'on.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of one of the cord on line 3-3 (not'shown)having an upright column 1 which of a twisted cordli and aplug (notshown) for insertienin the outlet sockets.

nthe edge of disc l-are mounted thecord lifts each comprising ani'n'iier sectiori I, an outer section 8;, an attaching screw. 9 anda-compression spring 'I onorinally received within a recess in secisthreaded into the edge of disc 4, and sprin it seated against thel'screw head thrusts outer section 8 toward section '1'. vThethrust ofspring Hi can be adjusted by'rotationof screw 9 inwardly ti'cln 8'.Inner section 1 is shouldered at H to e115 v sage the-top and b'o'ttomface 'of disc la screws or'outwa-rdly of theh'o'l'e in the rim ordi'sc4.

Sections 1' and thaveopposing recesses 12 be-.

tween-which cords-fi areyieldin'gly gripped'with sufficient pressuretotretain the cord' and its heaters at any desired level. The twosections have cylindrical mating elements l3 for main-' taining themagainst relative transverse move-' ment. while permitting *relati veaxial rotational moveme'nt. When the sections are in functioningposition, eler'nents I4 interehgage to; prevent. relative rotation ofthe'sections, but when outer section 8ispulled out against the thrust ofspring [0, elements 14 f are disengaged and the "outer section mayrotate 90; about its axis to clear the heater cord-.11 If a heater is tobe'removed, the outer Llift'sectioin 8.; maybe grasped manually andpulled away from theinner. section I sufficiently to permit the cordto'be slipped laterally out of recesses l2. When section 8 is axiallyrotated 90 to remove the cords 6, it may be left in the rotated positionor maybe returned to its original posi- The advantages of the structurewill be apparent to those skilled in the "art and various modificationsof the structure may be made with out de'parting'from the spirit of theinvention,

' and the" exclusive use of such modifications as come within theplated; j p o What is claimed is;

1. A cord lift of the type described comprising aninner section,constructed and arranged to be seated-upon a supporting member. and anouter section 'yieldingly. opposing said inner section,

scope ofthe claims is jcontemtween them and being constructed toholdwsaid cord sdtha't a lightweight apparatus carried thereby may bepositioned a desired distance'from said supporting member. I

2. A cord lift'for attachment to a supporacom I prising a sectionconstructed and arranged to be seated onsaid support and an opposingouter sec--v tion corresponding parts of said sections" being saidsections being shaped to receive a cord be--' i. v

disc or like device, comprising an innersetion shouldered to bearagainst the peripheral edge of said disc and to engage the-upper andlower faces of said disc, an outer section, a screw pass-- ing throughsaid sections-and threaded to be screwed into said disc edge, and aspringccomg pressed between the head of said screw andzsaid outersection to thrust the latter towards said.

inner section whereby a cord may be yieldingly gripped by said sectionsand said outer section may be pulled away from said inner section androtated thereon about its, axis to complet ly release thecord.withoutturningsaid inner section on saiddisc. ,7 a

5. A cord lift for ahair-waving machine comprising an inner sectionconstructed and arranged. to be securedto a machine panel, an. outersection opposing said inner section, a spring thrusting said sectionstoward each other, one of said sections having a central opening andtheother of said sections having a correspondingprojection seated insaid openin for holding said sections against-relative transverse.movement butpermitting their relative axial rotational movement,

6. A cord lift for a;hair-waving machinecom prising an inner sectionconstructed and arranged to be secured to a machine panel, an outersection opposing said innersection, a spring thrusting said sectionstoward each other, one of said s e c, tions having a central openingsandthe other of said sections having 'acorresponding projection seated-insaidopening for holding said sections against relative transversemovement but per,-

mitting their relative axial rotational movement,

there being elements on saidsections normally interengaged to preventtheir relative rotational movement when they'arein normalfunctioningposition but being disengagedto permit suchrorotational'movement' whenin normal functioning tational movement whenv the outer section ispulled away from said inner section against the thrust of said spring. I

7. A cord lift for a hair-waving, machine comprising an inner sectionarranged to be secured to a machine panel, an outer section opposingsaidinner section-, a screw: passing through said sections andthreadedinto said panel, a springseated on the head of said screw thrusting saidouter section toward said inner section, corresponding surfaces onadjacent sides of said sections whereby a cord may be yieldinglygripped,

. opposing elements on adjacent sides of said sectionsinterengagd toprevent their relative axial position, said outer section being movableagainst the thrust of said spring to release the gripping pressuresufiiciently to permit said cord to be slid between said correspondingsurfaces, further 'movement of said outer section "disengaging saidinterengaging elements to permit the removal of said cordlaterally fromsaid lift, said outer section in extendedposition being rotatable ,to a

position relative to said innersection in which the lift is inoperative.

an inner section arranged for application to a stationary support, anouter section, said sections having opposing recessed portions, a; screwpassing through said sections and projecting cord may be yielding lygripped between said portions and saidv outer sectionfmay be pulled awayfrom said inner section to facilitate the removal of the'cor'd'fror'nthe lift.- I

9. A cord lift of the type described comprising an innervsectionconstructed and arranged tobe seated upon a supporting memberand anouter 8. A cord, lift of the type described comprising sectionyieldingly opposing'jsaidinner section, I

said sections being constructed to grip a pair of cords and to holdsaid'cordstherebetween, and said sections being arranged so that thelength of each of said cords dependingfrom said supporting member may beadjusted independently of the other. I j FERDINAND RACEN.

